This is an analysis of the poem It's Your Feet You Need that begins with:

You would get rid of it quicker,
Than in your mind kept to keep....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCCCXdec XCfgCHeIE gXegeggf CcdecIEhejiKGEFXABCCCCfgCHijKGEFg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,8,33,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110010 1011101 100 01001101 01101 10001001 1011101 101010 010100000001 101001011 100 1010 111010 100010010 1110010101 10111101011 101 1100111101 11001101 1110111 11110101010 011111111 111001011101 1011001 101111011111 110010001101 100010010 11110010100 1101101 101101011 1000100100 101 1100111101 111101111001 011100001011 1 101 1110010111 01111011111 01111010101 1011011010001 11110010 1011101 100 01001101 01101 100 0100110 1101010010 100010010 1110010101 00100011100101 1 1110010111 01111011111 01111010101 1011011010001 1001011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 397
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it's is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word man at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of It's Your Feet You Need;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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